The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-07
Proper Handling OF Cream

Not long since a farmers wife com.
planned to us that she did not get the
Yield OF butter from her cows that one
OF her neghbors did, and she W shed 70
know i we could give her any light on
the sub ect. Upon inquiry we found
that the cows on both iaims we e nat yes
and handled about al Ike. But when we
inquired farth n into tie man er of car
ln-y for he cream, we saw at once where
the difficulty lay. Although she ha /
been reader of the Da r man for wears
she ha such stubborn notions of her
own that she had learned but little on
this important point
1t was her p actice to skim her milk
every morning and put the cream in an
earthen jar, which was kept In the cellar.
ChurnnI was done twice a week, if her
husband or the boys were not too busy.
But the particular point where she failed
was IN putting the last skimming of
cream into the churn Immediately after
1t "as taken from the milk. When we
told her that she received but little bene-
nj ON he lat skimm ng thus handled.
she codld hardly be persuaded of the
truth OF oar assertion. We are convinced
That tins mlstakeis largely INDUCED in bv
the making of farm butter. Yet they
night as well throw the last skimm ng to
the pigs, for there is where it finally goes
In the buttermilk. The last skimming
should be thoroughly st rred with the
older cream and the whole kept from six
TO twelve hours, depending upon the
age and acidity of the older cream be-
Lore churning. The-way most
a -nreiSae"rf their cream fails of
the desired result. They put in,
cream paddle and simply whirl each
layer or Gays cream in circle by itself
without mixing the first and last
thoroughly together. This is best done
10y turning the cream from one vessel
into another. Then, again, quite often
loss Is occasioned by mixing the milk of
sIripPers WITH fresh cows. That the
cream OF dlfierent cows when mixed does
not produce butter at the same time
tn tne same amount of churning, has
Deen Illustrated in the family OF Mark
Hughes at West Grove, Pa. They ba1
an Alderney heifer in good flow of milk
and COW, astripper: their cream worked
together. 1t was observed that thev did
not make butter enough for the buIk of
cream. The buttermi!k looked rich and
seemed TO collect cream upon II Tho
put the buttermilk in the churn agoi1
after the butter came and made 6,e
pounds. They churned for few min
utes and found two or three pounds more
OF butter in the churn, showing that the
heifers cream had made butter first and
that the cream of the old cow needed
several minutes more churning. VIII re
the cream OF cows of such unequal mix
ing periods are mixed together, great
care should be taken that The who7e IL
thoroughly mixed and ri,ened. Unless
thls is done, considerable portion of
the slower cream is washed into butter.
milk as soon as the quicker cream co ncs
10 butter There is great deal in this
point OF unequal churning time in cream,
ana the only way that we know of TO
5 Svoiu loss, aside from churning each
~ a3 cream or each cows cream by itself,
is TO see to it that the cream is fre9nentl9
mixed and rpened together, so as to
make as near as possible homogeneous
whoie.-Hoards Dairynpan.